Over in Greensboro
In the last week or so before the election, in the midst of conniving to win the Republican primary for Congress, young Phil Berger (and his Super PAC) whacked one opponent as a liberal, another as a... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Tweak the tax code to avoid revenue gaps
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, May 5, 2014. With the April tax-filing season past, state budget analysts finally have a solid grasp on how last year's tax code overhaul affected revenues. For the... Read More
Can we please have an honest discussion about Black males?
A letter that crossed my desk one month ago seethed with outrage from the very first word. “Let’s see,” Ernest Keyes wrote. “Fifty years (since the) Civil Rights Act passage. Fifty years of... Read More
NC Schools not broken - yet
Contrary to what often passes for conventional wisdom, North Carolina’s public schools are not broken. In fact, they are educating a more challenging and more diverse student population to higher... Read More
American millennials have trust issues
We already knew that millennials don’t trust people in general. Now we also know how little they trust people (and institutions) in particular. Perhaps with good reason. In March, a Pew survey made... Read More
Tillis at 40 percent but momentum with Brannon
PPP's final poll of the North Carolina Republican Senate primary finds that Greg Brannon and Mark Harris are finally picking up some steam, but that it may be too little too late. Thom Tillis leads... Read More
What to know before you vote
The final tally is in: More people cast early ballots for Tuesday’s primary than they did in the last mid-term elections, in 2010. The count, released Sunday by the state Board of Elections, shows... Read More
Vinroot protests against "despicable" attack ads
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, May 4, 2014. When former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot saw the TV attack ad against Supreme Court Justice Robin Hudson, he was appalled. “Despicable,” he called... Read More
The play's not the thing
Puzzled by the past several months of histrionics about North Carolina’s election-law changes? You’re hardly alone. By any objective standard, the Voter Identification and Verification Act... Read More
The South -- a dilemma for both parties
Just be patient,” some North Carolina Democrats are telling each other. “The demographics,” they say, “are on our side. The older white conservative Republicans are dying off. They are being... Read More
